And the description is more similar to Piantelli's understanding of the ptocess as described in the Pontignano Poster and/or WO 2010/068288.
*Chemically asssisted* LENR seems to show that the added chemical (both Rossi's and their) is enhancing in some way the Ni-H reactions. Peter On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a minor issue compared to the rest of the brouhaha, but I note > that Defkalion appears to be changing their tune regarding whether this is > cold fusion or something else. In their white paper released in June, they > said: > > "The field of energy research known as 'cold fusion' has positive and > negative connotations. It is also called LENR. Hundreds of man-years of > research have been committed to cold fusion, hoping to achieve the ultimate > energy dream: limitless energy. However, overall, a stigma has created > ambiguous feelings that the researchers aim to reach the end of the > rainbow. The science behind the products of Defkalion is not related to > cold fusion, even though it is identified as such in current media > coverage." > > When I read that I thought: "Who are they trying to kid? Of course it is > cold fusion." I base that on what McKubre calls the conservation of > miracles. I assume they were trying to avoid the negative connotations of > cold fusion. Their statement is understandable . . . but lame. I regard > this as doubletalk. I agree with Jones Beene that it is annoying. > > Now they say: > > "Defkalion’s scientific R&D team have successfully managed to trigger and > monitor Chemically Assisted Low Energy Nuclear Reactions caused by Nickel > and Hydrogen nuclei. Following extensive experimentation on the > preparation, cleaning and degassing of Nickel clusters and atomic Hydrogen > systems, valuable knowledge has been gained. The data was obtained from > conventional, non-specifically designed for LENR instrumentation, such as > mass-spectrometer, gas-chromatographer, Wilson camera, SEM spectra and > others." > > That's more like it. > > - Jed > > -- Dr. Peter Gluck Cluj, Romania http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com
